AT&T CL84107 DECT 6.0 Expandable Corded/Cordless Phone with Smart Call Blocker, Black/Silver with 1 Handset

We chose the CL82307 as it was the best value, three sets of phones and the base, to replace a 17 year old AT&T cordless. The old three piece set that had batteries going out and those were $52.00 for EACH phone (ouch!). Time for a new cordless phone. The CL82307 batteries are currently $8.00 per phone. So yes, checked that!Speaking of batteries, this phone's talk time is measure in HOURS where the old phone was more like MINUTES. New stuff is way more efficient, and the frequency (~ 1.921-1.928 GGHz) for DECT 6.0 compliant phone has been moved to not intefere with wi-fi or have your micro-wave knoock off your phone call.The phone's OS was pretty much the same as the old phone, but with caller I.D. (annouinces very clearly) and a far superior directory (1,000 entries). The set-up for that was easy, as you just use the blue tooth connectivity to download your CELL phone address book with phone numbers. I down loaded mine, and my wife's CELL phone, and presto all our typical calls are available. But 1,000 entries seems like a lot to scroll through one at a time, yes? But it isn't too bad if you use the jump feature. Jump uses the number key to quickly jump to letters. If you press #3 once for example, you jump to "D" adddress book listing. Press #3 twice you jump tp "E" listings so on and so fourth for each number pads alphanumeric entry. You only need to then scross within that letter's entries.All the base phone's setting go to the satellite phone automatically, where the older phone had a hidden "broadcaste" feature to do that operation, this new phone does it automatically. So once and done as they say.Voice quality is really clear and crisp, so no complaints on that.The voice mail (at your provider's cloud) versus phone mail (in the phone's receiver station) was a problem, however, as the instructions are not proper to use BOTH at the same time. Here is the catch, you need to set the rings to be FEWER than the VOICE mail needs to answer in order for the PHONE mail to answer the call. For example, if I set the rings to six, only VOICE mail answers, If I set the rings to three, the PHONE mail and the VOICE mail both answer. Or, you can turn either or "off".I like PHONE mail as it is displayed in the satellite LED base with the number of missed calls and also allows a 1.5 second interval BEEP to be heard if you turn that feature on to audibly let you know a call was missed. VOICE mail does show a missed call in the handset display, but that's it, you need to go look at the phone's display, then dial the prvider's voice mail to retrieve missed calls.All in all this is a great phone in the initial use and set-up. Will it last seventeen years and going for the old phone? Not sure. It isn't built as well as the old phone but what is. For ~$65.00 for three phones I can't complain. It has the features I use and want and not the exotic satellite base we don't use. We opted for the basic feature set that is still a luxury compared to the old phone. The phone rates really well and so far I agree with the ratings. OK, it has fewer base features, but that's not going to bother me at all. I never use them. Maybe you won't need the exotic base features either, and if not check out this phone.

I have had this phone for a month now and it has been working great. I previously had an older model AT&T phone that did not have built-in call screening or call blocking and I had added an external call blocker. This one has all of that build in and it works great! In fact, the call screening works so great that I have not yet added a single phone number into the block list because all of the telemarketer calls are hanging up at the call screening! The old external call blocker would ring the phone one time and then it would hang up on the blocked calls. This one NEVER even rings! It is wonderfully quiet again! You can add your family and friends to your caller ID list to allow them to bypass the call screening and you can add special callers like the electric company or codered messages for important calls that you don't know the phone numbers by just entering the name and they will also be allowed to get through. I go through the Caller ID list to see who called every day and if I see someone I missed or one of the emergency or utility numbers I want, I add them to my list. I have read some reviews saying the sound is bad, but it is fine to me. It did sound somewhat distorted when I first got it, but I found that the volume was turned way up and when I turned it down, it sounds OK. I have been trying to use them on battery instead of always having them on the charging stand in order to get the batteries to get a workout. They have a long life on the batteries. I generally plug them in on Sunday and unplug them on Monday not because they needed charging yet on Sunday, but it is just convenient for me. They still had plenty of charge. The display is clear to read and lights up brightly when a call comes in or you make a call. After you finish doing anything on the phone it turns the backlight off after a few seconds to help conserve battery power. The keys are backlit in red, which doesn't show up very much in the daytime, but in the dark at night they are fine. I have the set with four phones. One is in another building in an art studio over the detached garage and it works fine from there. It was easy to set up after reading the manual. I went online and found the full user manual and the callblocker overview and saved them to my computer for easy future reference.